Chapter 438: The Grand Finale

When the world is full of Lin Bai, the game is completely unplayable.

The Celestials accepted their fate, lining up in orderly queues in various towns to have their cultivation base absorbed by Lin Bai, Xu Longyun, Tu Yan, and others; once reduced to the Bronze Realm, they were led away by local officials to participate in urban construction work.

Nowadays, most Divine Artifacts are in the hands of the natives, and the Celestials, having been reduced to slaves, will face the harshest punishments should they resist.

The punishment for an Undying Body is simple.

They are fixed in places with dense Spirit Qi to cultivate day and night, and then a designated person stands by their side to extract the Spiritual Power they cultivate.

Just like Sisyphus pushing a stone, life becomes desperate and dull, far less comfortable than manual labor.

……

The lightning tribulation of the Xianxia World stopped after eighty-one days.

The entire population of a world ascended to the Immortal World collectively, and every person possessed the strength of the Bronze Realm.

The lightning tribulation rules of the Xianxia World meant that they could not return to their homeland.

Because if even one person were to take action, it would trigger a chain of lightning tribulations in the lower realm, eventually turning the world into a Lightning Cage.

Fortunately, the territory of the Xianxia World is large enough that the entire world ascending collectively still has a place to settle down.

Through investigation, Lin Bai discovered a curious fact: the major sects of the Xianxia World were very likely established by the remnants of the world that had been destroyed by Celestial players in the past.

Ten thousand years ago, they were subjected to a World Destroyer event by Celestial players, and a small group of people used some unknown method to escape into the world below and establish the twelve sects.

This gradually evolved into the later Cultivation World, but perhaps because the memories were too painful, or due to wars like the Great War of Gods and Demons, the civilization suffered a gap, which is why the Xianxia World lacked memories of the Celestial players from the upper realm.

Returning to the Immortal World, they could be considered to have returned to their roots.

……

The vacated Xianxia World did not go to waste.

The population density of the Real World was too high and resources were on the verge of depletion, so large numbers of people from the Real World migrated to the Xianxia World via the Magpie Bridge, which greatly relieved the population pressure of the Real World and also gave the people of the Real World the possibility of cultivation.

After all, the Xianxia World has Spirit Qi.

And after tasting the pain brought to them by the game, no one in the Real World was willing to play games anymore.

Except for Lin Bai requiring players to enter the game world in batches at regular intervals to farm Divine Artifacts, the Game Capsules were almost ignored and were used by people in the Real World as refrigerators to store food.

After all, the Nutrient Solution inside the Game Capsules is truly good stuff.

However, the action of farming Divine Artifacts did not last long before the Game Company patched this loophole that allowed enemies to fleece them; even if players logged on, they could no longer receive any good items.

But ordinary equipment was still free, and the Justice Alliance persisted in their thrifty mindset that every penny counts, continuing the behavior of fleecing them to disgust the Game Company.

So much so that later, players had no sign-in benefits at all when they went online, and the Guild benefits, birthday benefits, and so on also disappeared.

This incident once became one of the top ten interesting news stories of the year in *Justice Weekly*, proving once again the power of Lin Bai……

……

During this time, Lin Bai did nothing else; he kept using the Earth-Deficiency Technique to absorb the cultivation of the Celestials, while incidentally stuffing Spirit Fruit and Temperament Fruit into his mouth at triple speed.

After several months, Lin Bai no longer knew to what ridiculous extent his Spiritual Power had grown, nor did he know to what realm his Spirit had been refined.

Now, he could simultaneously control thousands of split souls to perform delicate tasks without any interference.

The ultimate move of the Thunder Hammer, Thunder God Descent, could now be summoned as a lightning giant that could exist indefinitely without extinguishing.

Also growing stronger were Xu Longyun, Xiaobai, and others; the infinite accumulation of Spiritual Power broke through their tolerance for Spirit Fruit, and after countless Spirit Fruits were stuffed into their bellies, their Spirit Souls were also refined to be extremely powerful, so that even without the Skills bestowed by Lin Bai, they could calmly defeat ordinary experts holding Divine Artifacts, and would not even give the Divine Artifact users a chance to strike.

Moreover, they not only absorbed the Spiritual Power of the Celestials but also used the Celestials to practice, brushing the proficiency of Law Sacred Artifacts like the Holy Sword, Thunder Hammer, and so on to the top level, which could be considered having defensive Sacred Artifacts.

It was a pity that although they had become top-tier experts, there were no enemies left in the world.

As for Faith?

No one could compete with Lin Bai.

After all, he had saved several worlds by his own strength.

Nowadays, Lin Bai's prestige had climbed to the peak in several worlds, and almost everyone was his fan; under the influence of the Idol Heart, it was basically impossible for anyone to poach his followers.

To a certain extent, the path of becoming a god through Faith had been extinguished in several worlds.

……

A similar situation continued for another three months.

The levels of all Celestials in the Immortal World were suppressed to the Bronze Realm, and the order of every world returned to normal, developing in an orderly manner.

During this period.

The Game Company played another trick, launching a new round of Game Capsules in the Shenmo Dalu and the Immortal World, inducing Lin Bai's current subjects to participate in new games.

But how could the people who had experienced the game catastrophe go and harm other worlds again? After reporting the situation to Lin Bai, not a single person entered the Game Capsules.

Lin Bai was very gratified.

However.

He was not as extreme as the public; instead, he sent people into the Game Capsules to enter the new game world.

Then.

A Magpie Bridge was laid across, and he sent over a few split souls to have a friendly exchange and talk with the high-level figures of the new game world, popularizing the disadvantages of the game to them, indirectly saving another world, harvesting immeasurable Merit, and incidentally adding a new World Anchor for himself.

Lin Bai did not mind the Game Company constantly developing new games.

After all, as long as it was related to his world, he could cross over via the Magpie Bridge to expand his territory, and who knows when he might return to Earth through this method.

Now, Lin Bai only regretted one thing: when he was on Earth, he did not have a proper romance; he could have long since thrown the Magpie Bridge back to Earth to take a look at his hometown.

……

After the Game Company's new game plan died in the cradle, there were no other actions.

And the tolerance of the Immortal World seemed to have no limit; even though Lin Bai was already strong enough to destroy the world in an instant, no lightning tribulation or the like fell down for him to break out of this world.

In order to break through this restriction, Lin Bai even sent hundreds of split souls into the universe to travel and search for other civilizations. But the universe was too vast, and the split souls entering it were like a drop in the ocean; wanting to find a new civilization, how could it be easy?

He also did not know how the Game Company found so many worlds and sent the Game Capsules in.

Comparing it this way, Lin Bai felt that he was still not as powerful as the Game Company.

Consequently, Lin Bai, whose sense of crisis was overflowing, once again incited the Celestials to level up, beginning a new round of absorption and growth.

This time.

Lin Bai built a true Justice Gate, and in the name of the Sect Leader, recruited more people to join the Justice Gate.

A good man needs three helpers.

With the blessing of the Idol System, plus the teacher's ruler, building a formidable army exclusive to himself was never wrong...

It was just a pity for the Celestials; those who once acted with power and prestige had now completely degenerated into pigs raised by Lin Bai, usually doing construction in various worlds, and whenever he wanted to use them, they would be dragged out to be slaughtered.

Not only was he tormenting the Celestials, but Lin Bai also completed the tasks of the Farming System, the Peerless Divine Doctor System, and the Super Media System in succession.

Afterwards, even if he exhausted all methods, he could no longer activate those dormant systems in his mind.

However, this was not a big deal; Lin Bai had discovered the mystery of Tongue Like a Lotus.

Relying on Tongue Like a Lotus to release Qingyun and the others from the cards and helping them regain their freedom, Lin Bai found a new way to improve his strength and seek the truth.

Thus.

The Six Supernatural Powers of Buddhism in Earth mythology, the Reverse Universe, Seize Creation, and Reshape Earth Fire Wind Water of the Daoist school, and other such supernatural powers all became the directions he conquered...

In the eyes of Xu Longyun and the others, Lin Bai seemed to be doing the same things as them, only occasionally telling them stories, yet his Temperament was becoming increasingly ethereal and otherworldly.

They could not say why, and could only attribute this to Lin Bai's deepening comprehension of the Heavenly Dao.

Fearing that one day Lin Bai would truly cultivate the illusory Heavenly Dao, the several women became increasingly infatuated with Lin Bai.

They could not stop Lin Bai from cultivating the Heavenly Dao, but they could help him leave behind bloodlines, allowing the Lin family's life to continue.

Otherwise.

Who would inherit this vast family business in the future?

That's right.

It was indeed several women; after the little white fox's cultivation reached its limit, she broke through the restrictions of Form Manifestation and grew into a graceful Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox.

On a dark and windy night, with the tacit approval of Xu Longyun and the others who turned a blind eye, she fulfilled her dream and conquered her master in the form of a pet.

Facts proved.

Every world has its own carrying capacity.

As long as one's strength is high enough, one can touch it.

One year later.

After the Celestials of the entire Immortal World had been tormented by Lin Bai for three rounds, and the massive amount of fruit on the Spirit Fruit Tree had almost been eaten by him.

Lin Bai finally felt the edge of the world, and even felt someone peeking at him from the dark, as well as the Causality Line connected to his body.

And at this moment.

Lin Bai already possessed the ability to Seek Cause and Trace Effect, and following the Causality Line connected to his body, he directly used Shadow-Following.

Then.

He arrived at a space filled with virtual projections and strange things.

At the same time Lin Bai appeared, more than a dozen people who looked exactly the same and wore silver armor also appeared, and the leader shouted: "Found you!"

Immediately after, the group saw Lin Bai, their expressions changing drastically: "Lin Bai? How could you possibly get out? Damn it, go!"

After speaking, they turned around and wanted to flee.

"Since you've come, explain yourselves before leaving!" Lin Bai waved his hand, and over a dozen Red Threads flew out, binding the dozen people in silver armor tightly, while simultaneously splitting off dozens of divine senses to pin down everyone present with Absolute Suppression.

Before coming, Lin Bai had prepared for battle, never expecting to take everyone down in one strike.

This was somewhat beyond his expectations.

Having subdued everyone, Lin Bai looked around.

Besides the dozen or so people wearing silver armor, there were also a dozen people in the space, men and women, elves and magical beasts, and even a ghost that was a ball of gray mist and a silicon-based creature similar to Optimus Prime...

The virtual projections in front of them were exactly the worlds he had lived in for nearly three years, including the Real World, the Xianxia World, and the Shenmo Dalu.

These virtual projections monitored all the worlds perfectly from every angle.

On the largest screen.

Xu Longyun, Jiang Qingqin, the little white fox, and Qingyun and others appeared almost simultaneously after he left that world.

Several people stared at Lin Bai's seat, feeling dejected and heartbroken.

"Master is gone." The little white fox was tearful.

"Xiaobai, Husband didn't leave, he attained the Heavenly Dao." Xu Longyun's eyes were red, the corners of her mouth twitched involuntarily, and she stroked her lower abdomen, holding back her tears, "Maybe he is watching us from the sky, besides, he left behind so many divine senses, don't cry..."

"The Heavenly Dao is heartless; Husband has become the Heavenly Dao. In his eyes, all beings are equal, we..." Jiang Qingqin choked with sobs.

"Don't talk nonsense, the Heavenly Dao being heartless is just a guess, what if it has feelings!" Xu Longyun glared at her, took a deep breath, and said, "Even if it's heartless, what of it? He will still protect us from above. We should guard this family business for him, and then, give birth to the children, and let them become the new Heavenly Emperors..."

Watching the several women who were already discussing funeral arrangements for him, Lin Bai was speechless for a moment. He curled his lips and thought to himself, after handling the matters here, he would go back and give them a surprise.

Suddenly, he thought of something, turned his head to look at the dozen or so people he had subdued in the space, and asked: "You have just been watching me like this?"

"Lin Bai, listen to our explanation, we have no malice..." An old man with a crane-like appearance and a youthful face struggled to say, "Please let us go, we are all on the same side."

"When I was in the bridal chamber, you were watching too?" Lin Bai asked faintly.

"..."

A moment of silence.

"No." The dozen or so people shook their heads decisively.

The old man with a crane-like appearance and a youthful face dared not look at Lin Bai: "Lin Bai, we pay great attention to privacy. We only looked at what we should look at, and didn't look at what we shouldn't at all. Moreover, reproduction is the most normal thing. We people have all lived for at least thousands of years, we have experienced everything, and seen everything..."

F*ck!

Lin Bai cursed under his breath, sat down in the main seat with a bold, unconstrained posture, and cast a True Speech Spell: "Speak, what exactly is going on? Who are you all?"

"Lin Bai, we are people from the Game Company. This group of people plotted against you, and you have seen our strength. We invite you to join our company and create a beautiful future together," the person in silver armor said first.

"Don't listen to him! The Game Company is the murderer that destroyed the world; they shouldn't exist in this world at all." The ghost, suppressed by Absolute Suppression, revealed its form and gritted its teeth, saying, "Lin Bai, our worlds were all destroyed by them using games..."

"Your worlds were destroyed by them?" Lin Bai asked in astonishment.

"That's right." The old man with crane-like hair and a youthful face sighed and said, "Lin Bai, having experienced everything, you naturally know what a world becomes after being invaded by players, right? We are all the remnants who managed to escape after our worlds were destroyed, and by some stroke of luck, we hid on Earth."

"This is Earth?" Lin Bai was stunned again.

"Yes, this is a mysterious space on Earth, though we don't know its specific location," the old man with crane-like hair and a youthful face said. "After we met on Earth, we lamented our shared experiences. Everyone hoped to destroy the Game Company to avenge their own worlds. Perhaps our desire for revenge was too strong and moved the heavens, so we were transported to this space and discovered those systems."

"The systems weren't created by you?" Lin Bai tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

"If we could create such powerful systems, could you have controlled us so easily?" The old man with crane-like hair and a youthful face smiled bitterly. "We can't even use those systems; the owner of this space stipulated that only people from Earth can use them."

"So, you chose me?" Lin Bai frowned.

"..." The old man with crane-like hair and a youthful face looked at Lin Bai and said, "According to our plan, we intended to distribute the systems to different people, letting more people fight against the players together. But when we were distributing the systems, an accident occurred. None of the people we chose were transported away; only you were sent to the game world, and then, all the systems were concentrated on you alone."

Lin Bai looked at the old man with crane-like hair and a youthful face, feeling a sense of relief. It was fortunate that their transportation had an accident; otherwise, if they had only assigned him one system, he really might not have been able to handle the Game Company, and he might have fallen from the very beginning.

These idiots actually had the idea of using the systems separately; no wonder their worlds were destroyed...

The old man with crane-like hair and a youthful face looked at Lin Bai timidly and said, "We had all looked at those system tasks. We originally thought that the systems would conflict with each other and drive you insane. So, we discussed it and hid most of the systems, leaving you only a few useful ones to let you adapt slowly. But we didn't expect you to adapt so quickly. Most of our worlds were tormented by the Game Company for at least a thousand years, yet you took less than two years to completely thwart the Game Company's conspiracy..."

"Bastard! That's because our Sovereign went missing and we couldn't enter the game world! Otherwise, Lin Bai would have been crushed to death long ago; how could he have been allowed to jump around for so long?" the person in silver robes said angrily.

Lin Bai glanced at him, used Silence on him, and continued to ask the old man with crane-like hair and a youthful face: "What about the systems behind them? Why didn't you activate them?"

The old man with crane-like hair and a youthful face pondered for a moment, swallowed, and stammered, "You adapted too quickly and were unscrupulous in your actions. We were a bit afraid—afraid of creating another demon, afraid that you would destroy the world before the Game Company did. So, we didn't dare to activate all the systems. But we didn't expect you to do so well and not lose your original heart in the end..."

Hmph!

Lin Bai snorted, speechless. They were indeed a group of naive fellows who couldn't accomplish anything but could ruin everything. If he hadn't been capable, they really would have spoiled his good work!

After pondering for a moment, Lin Bai turned back to the people from the Game Company, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "You just said that your Sovereign went missing?"

The expression of the person in silver robes changed suddenly, and he struggled, saying, "What do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do? Naturally, take advantage of his illness to take his life." Lin Bai smiled slightly. "Seeing how much you hate me, do you expect me to wait for your Sovereign to return and settle the score with me?"

As he spoke.

Lin Bai flashed to the side of the person in silver robes and scooped him up. "Let's go, take me to see your company."

Then.

All of Lin Bai's divine projections, along with the people from the Game Company, disappeared instantly.

Leaving behind a group of honest people tied up with Red Rope, crying and wailing.

"Lin Bai, at least untie us before you go!"

"Old Tong, I told you long ago that his temperament was too evil and we shouldn't have activated so many systems for him. Four systems would have been enough for him to fight the Game Company..."

"What's the use of saying that now? That elf, is your mouth useful? Come over and help me bite the rope open..."

"Pah! In your dreams. Lin Bai's Absolute Suppression blew your clothes off; you know exactly where the rope is tied. Who would want to bite you, you old vegetable leaf? Isn't that disgusting..."

"Lin Bai, that bastard, he did it on purpose."

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Deep in the chaos.

A group of strange-looking people were trapped inside a transparent dome.

In groups of three, with bitter faces, under the infinite starry sky, and to the background music of "De-de-de-de...", they gritted their teeth and played Fight the Landlord.

"Pair of threes."

"Can't beat it."

"Pass."

"Damn Li Xiaobai. Which idiots set the rules for the Dream Company? They selected such a monster."

Outside the card table, one could vaguely see a circle that happened to enclose them.

At the outermost card table, a game of mahjong was being played by two men and two women.

Looking closely, one could see that the rather handsome man and two of the women were on the same side.

During the game, the two beautiful women's eyes never left the man's face; if not for the restrictions of the card table, they would have probably thrown themselves into the man's arms long ago.

And every card they played happened to be exactly what the man needed.

"Xiao Feng, don't just look at me, look at the cards. The game must be fair. Give me one."

Slap!

A 'Fortune' tile was played.

"Sorry, God of Games, I've won again." The man smiled and pushed over the mahjong tiles in front of him, saying, "You lost at the card table, and it seems you lost on the perimeter too! My people won cleanly and neatly. A bet is a bet; let me play with the Godhead for a few days!"

"Despicable," the God of Games cursed with a dark face.

"How is it despicable? I didn't enter the game, and you didn't enter the game. Even that side is your territory, and I only provided a greenhorn. Come to think of it, not only was there no shady business in this game, but I was actually at a slight disadvantage! If anything, I can only say that your envoys were not as skilled as others!" The man smiled, stood up, disbanded the mahjong table, ignored the dejected God of Games, and looked at the group playing Fight the Landlord. "Who's next?"

Everyone shrank their necks in unison and focused on playing cards.

"Everyone, don't be anxious. Every person who has plotted against me will have a chance. Let's have a fair gamble. Still the old rules: you set the rules, and I only provide the people." The man's smile was exceptionally humble. "That God of Kindness, you look familiar. Let's have the two of us go next!"

The God of Kindness, who had been named, showed a bitter smile and said ingratiatingly, "Brother Li, my game still needs to go on for a while. Why don't you switch to someone else..."

"Husband, what about Lin Bai?" The beautiful woman in a white dress beside the man, who looked dignified and virtuous, looked toward the infinite distance and asked worriedly, "The little guy is a bit persistent; I'm afraid he will keep searching for the truth, right?"

The corners of the man's mouth curled into a smile: "Let him play by himself for now. If he can grow up and find us, we'll take him along to play. The little guy is very much to my taste. In such an interesting company of ours, I'm sure he will like it. After all, we are all fellow countrymen from Earth!"

(End of the book, thank you for watching!)

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